# ῥώννυμι
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ῥωννύω (rhōnnúō)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Could be related to ῥώομαι (rhṓomai, “I dart”), as well as Sanskrit सार (sāra, “strength, power, energy”), which would hypothetically trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *serh₃- (“power; to move violently”). See also English raw, Swedish rå (“raw”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /r̥ɔ̌ːn.nyː.mi/ → /ˈron.ny.mi/ → /ˈro.ni.mi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /r̥ɔ̌ːn.nyː.mi/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈron.ny.mi/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈron.ny.mi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈron.ny.mi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈro.ni.mi/

### Verb

ῥώννῡμῐ • (rhṓnnūmĭ)
* to strengthen
** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Nutriments 2:αὔξει δὲ καὶ ῥώννυσι καὶ σαρκοῖ καὶ ὁμοιοῖ καὶ ἀνομοιοῖaúxei dè kaì rhṓnnusi kaì sarkoî kaì homoioî kaì anomoioîIt increases, strengthens, clothes with flesh, makes like, makes unlike
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 19:οὐ γὰρ μόνον ἐποίκους Ἀθηναίων χιλίους κομίσας ἔρρωσεν εὐανδρίᾳ τὰς πόλειςou gàr mónon epoíkous Athēnaíōn khilíous komísas érrhōsen euandríāi tàs póleisNot only did he bring thither a thousand Athenian colonists and stock the cities anew with vigorous manhood
* (perfect in present sense) to have strength
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 3.4.29:φιλότιμον μὲν καὶ ἐρρωμένον τὴν ψυχήνphilótimon mèn kaì errhōménon tḕn psukhḗnambitious and with a stout spirit
** to be eager, enthusiastic
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.8:ὀλίγον τε ἐπενόουν οὐδὲν ἀμφότεροι, ἀλλ’ ἔρρωντο ἐς τὸν πόλεμον οὐκ ἀπεικότως:olígon te epenóoun oudèn amphóteroi, all’ érrhōnto es tòn pólemon ouk apeikótōs:On neither side were there any mean thoughts; they both were full of enthusiasm:
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Agoratus 31:οὕτω ἔρρωτο ἡ βουλὴ κακόν τι ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτὸνhoútō érrhōto hē boulḕ kakón ti ergázesthai autònso firmly determined were the Council to work some mischief
** to be in good health
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.15:καὶ γὰρ ὅτ’ ἐρρώμην πολλὰ ἐν ἡγεμονίαις ὑμᾶς εὖ ἐποίησα.kaì gàr hót’ errhṓmēn pollà en hēgemoníais humâs eû epoíēsa.as while I was in my prime I did you much good service in my commands.
*** (imperative) be in good health, farewell, goodbye

#### Derived terms

* ἀνᾰρρωννῡμῐ (anărrhōnnūmĭ)
* ἄρρωστος (árrhōstos)
* ἐπῐρρωννῡμῐ (epĭrrhōnnūmĭ)
* εὔρωστος (eúrōstos)
* συρρωννῠμαι (surrhōnnŭmai)
* τᾰχύρρωστος (tăkhúrrhōstos)

#### Related terms

* ῥώμη (rhṓmē)
* ῥωρός (rhōrós)
* ῥῶσῐς (rhôsĭs)
* ῥῶστᾰξ (rhôstăx)
* ῥωστήρῐον (rhōstḗrĭon)
* ῥωστῐκός (rhōstĭkós)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥώννυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1296-7

### Further reading

* “ῥώννυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ῥώννυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ῥώννυμι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G4517 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible